DUE to the limited availability of land in Dar es Salaam, the Regional Commissioner, Albert Chalamila, has announced that the government has decided to begin constructing schools using multi-storey designs to address space constraints. Chalamila made the statement yesterday during a visit by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Regional Political Committee, aimed at inspecting the...
Tanzania has made notable progress in international press freedom rankings, climbing from 97th position in 2024 to 95th in 2025. According to the latest report from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), released yesterday, while Tanzania’s ranking improved by two places, its overall score has slightly decreased from 54.80 in 2024 to 53.68 this year. The annual...
Following a historic bilateral meeting held on May 2, 2025, in Dodoma, Tanzania and Malawi have officially agreed to restore and strengthen trade relations between the two neighboring nations. In a significant diplomatic engagement, Tanzania’s representatives, including senior officials from the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Industry, and Trade, met with their Malawian counterparts. Among...
In a tragic turn in a case that gripped South Africa, the mother of a young girl who vanished more than a year ago has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her own daughter. Kelly Smith, along with her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn, were found guilty on Friday of abducting...
IT’S all smiles for workers in the country after President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday announced a significant salary increase for public servants effective July 1st this year. The biggest beneficiaries of the new announcement are the minimum wage earners, who will see their monthly pay rise from 370,000/- to 500,000/-, a 35.1 per cent increase...
